Disease outbreaks affect women and men differently, and pandemics make existing inequalities for women and girls and discrimination of other marginalized groups such as persons with disabilities and those in extreme poverty, worse. This needs to be considered, given...
Dear colleagues, partners, donors and supporters, Dear friends of the Bulgarian Fund for Women’s community, We are facing an unprecedented situation caused by the global spread of COVID-19 virus. It affects all of us, both in Bulgaria and around the globe, our...
On March 8, the Bulgarian Fund for Womend will celebrate its 15th anniversary. For us, these are 15 years of tireless work for the rights of women and girls in Bulgaria, for achieving full gender equality, for combating violence, for more women in leadership...
The team of the Bulgarian Fund for Women welcomed one of the winners in the contest “Ambassador for a Day 2020” – Maria Toneva, 16, from the town of Kardzhali. Maria visited the BFW office as an Ambassador of Switzerland for a day. She was...
The exhibition “Еverything is (Just) Fine” presents nine art projects, supported by the Foundation for Women’s Art Projects of the Bulgarian Fund for Women. They will be exhibited in three galleries in Sofia from March 11 to April 3, 2020. The...
76% of Bulgarian citizens believe that it is important to have health and sexual education classes at school. This is indicated by data from a national representative survey conducted by the Bulgarian Research Agency Alfa Research commissioned by the Bulgarian Fund...
BFW’s call for participants in its community building programme was closed with 97 submitted applications from 43 places across the country. Nadejda Dermendjieva, Rada Elenkova and Mira Dobreva were BFW’s team members who conducted the selection process. The sphere of...
The preparations for the second edition of the nation-wide campaign Bulgaria Dariava (Bulgaria Donates), are taking off. The campaign will take place between 22 and 31 March 2020. All organizations which want to include their own cause on the common platform, can do...
Voluntary abortion has been legally possible since 1956. However, throughout the years, various religious groups have made efforts to undermine women’s right to make decisions about their bodies and a couple’s right to choose and plan the future of their family. In...
